Broadband Internet Access
- Fixed broadband subscriptions: 2,111,109 or 29.93 per 100 inhabitants (2010)
As of April 2006 HKBN offers its customers Internet access with speeds starting from 10 Mbit/s up to 1000 Mbit/s (1 Gbit/s) via Fiber to the building and Fiber to the Home. However the speed to non-Hong Kong destinations is capped to 20 Mbit/s. As of November 2009, the company was offering 100 Mbit/s service for $99HK (about $13 U.S.) per month.
Major Internet Service Providers (ISPs) include:
- PCCW Netvigator, with a 95% coverage area and providing internet access to 1.9 million users. ADSL connections, speeds up to 8M/800K are priced differently. Newly constructed apartments have ADSL2 and VDSL connections, which have speeds up to 30M/10M. FTTH for last mile broadband of speeds up to 1G/1G. Business plans may have speeds up to 10G/10G.
- HGC ADSL & VDSL broadband of speeds up to 100M/100M.
- NWT ADSL & VDSL broadband of speeds up to 10M/10M.
- HKBN Metro Ethernet (CAT-5E/FTTH for last mile) broadband of speeds up to 1G/1G.
- One Broadband ADSL broadband of speeds up to 8M/256K.
- I-cable Broadband Cable Broadband of speeds up to 130M/10M shared by one tower (tens of apartments).
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